Chapter 4

Hiddenville:

Serena stretches as she gets up for the day, today was report card day and Phoebe was about to be blown out of the water. She really shouldn't underestimate Max, as he also had superintelligence. She and Max were both looking forward to seeing the look of utter disbelief on her face again. They loved doing that to her, plus, Phoebe was finally getting called out on more of her crap. Barb was catching her in her lies, finally. Serena and Max would never refer to their parents as Mom and Dad, since Barb had been right, they had learned to rely on each other, and then once he was turned into an evil bunny, Dr. Colosso.

Serena was quick to get dressed, though barely able to function normally. She had on a black baby tee, gray skinny jeans, her eastern dragon bling, a black leather choker with spikes on it, matching wrist bands, her hair was once again braided, and she had on her special combat boots. Max already had all of their stuff gathered up and had already made sure that they would be back in their regular classes soon enough though he wanted to show Phoebe up at the Math Bowl. He was just waiting for her to make a comment that would make him want to prove he could handle the AP classes, he just didn't want to.

Hank and Barb are stunned by the fact that two of their triplets got straight A's it hadn't seemed possible with the grades they'd had and Phoebe got a B in art which put her triplets ahead of her. Internally Phoebe is seething at the fact her triplets got straight A's again when they barely put forth any effort at school. What she failed to realize was the fact that they deliberately got the grades they did until they needed to kick in the mental after burners to get the straight A's they needed, it was a challenge for them, they made sure that they would be able to pull their grades up through precise planning. No one realized what that said for their intelligence that they could do something like that all the time and still come out with straight A's.

Then there was the fact that Max and Serena had stopped going to their parents for help, for their accomplishments, for anything. They had learned early on that they only paid attention to Phoebe and Nora knew how to use her cuteness as a power. Nora was the only one that Phoebe couldn't mess with, even Billy went out of his way to avoid being alone with Phoebe, if he was with Nora then he was fine, as Nora wasn't shy about using her heat vision to keep people in line or to warn them off from messing with Billy.

Max keeps attuned to Phoebe's thoughts even though it hurt for everyone to be so surprised that he and Serena got straight A's again on their report cards. It just wasn't fair that St. Phoebe was the only one expected to do good. Heroes were so damned hypocritical that there was no way in hell Max would be able to stomach the life of a hero. They didn't understand that there were times when you had to throw away your morals if it meant protecting those closest to you. They just couldn't wrap their brains around the fact that sometimes survival had to come before everything else.

Once in their new math class temporarily, Max giving Phoebe a death glare on the level of a certain pilot of Wing Zero. Phoebe flinches back, she'd have to keep away from their sister or Max would come down on her hard. She had never realized exactly how protective of Serena Max was until she started being more overt in her treatment of her. Serena was pure evil and yet Max just couldn't see it. Serena stayed very close to Max in that class and was quick to join Callista. Ethan stayed within helping distance as there was no way in hell he was going to allow Phoebe to pull another stunt like she had with the locker.

Ethan happened to be a photokinetic as he could turn himself invisible and create walls like light screen in Pokémon just like Mr. Mime. He could do other things with light but it would be the invisible stuff he would use to keep Serena safe from her triplet sister. Max was counting on him to run interference where he and Callista couldn't. Callista now kept herself in between Serena and any threat. Serena would have minded this except for the fact she was being protected from her own sister. Serena was also considering going out for track, she have to talk to Max and see if he'd like to go running with her so she could get in shape for track season.

Serena ignores the Math Bowl team meetings at the Thunderman home and just does her homework in the Lair with Callista though Max would stop every now and then to help out. They always made sure to turn in average to B level work all the time unless they really wanted a challenge. Callista loved being in the Lair as Serena and Max always had some interesting projects going on. She also liked the conversation she got with Dr. Colosso as well. The blue haired teen was having the time of her life with two of the Thunderman triplets. Ethan wasn't bad to hang around either. Barb at least was trying to make things up to Max and Serena, she was also scrutinizing everything Phoebe said and did, unwilling to blame the wrong triplet again.

Nora and Billy were in the Lair as well, Serena had given them an assignment to play a video game she designed and give her feedback, Billy happened to be a hardcore gamer so this would actually be good for her. Serena really wanted to be a video game designer and Billy was her best beta tester along with Max. Nora's eyes noticed things their brothers didn't so with all of their input she went back and tweaked things. She'd actually sold a few games already under a pseudonym, she had the money banked and was actually hoping that if she didn't get a full scholarship, she kept her grades to very high B's most of the time, then with the sales of her games she could get the necessary degrees to be a professional game designer.

She would do it too, Max knew what she wanted to do, sure she was actually good at art, the only grade she kept high all the time, but she didn't feel she could make a career out of it. Max kept trying to tell her differently yet, she refused to believe she had that much talent. Serena, when the Math Bowl rolls around rolls her eyes though she had managed to get permission for Callista to watch it. It was easy to tell that Max and Phoebe were easily the smartest people on their teams and that the Sara girl had an annoying crush on Max. If she knew he triplet brother like she thought she did she knew he'd take advantage of that.

Max won the Math Bowl, smirking all the while, and Serena blinks, Does this mean that we're actually going to apply ourselves now, Max?

Damn straight we are, I'm getting tired of St. Phoebe getting all the praise. Maybe if we actually apply ourselves she'll realize that we've only been letting her be the smartest. Besides, I'm going to Villain U and I've checked with Colosso, they do take neutrals. You are phenomenal with making gadgets and programming, Serena.

Well, we'll need to get Ethan and Callista into our heightened classes.

Wat ahead of you, Ethan and Callista are taking the tests to get into them, this way we have back up with Phoebe. I'm just glad Callista was with you when Phoebe got bitchy in the girls room.

I actually am too. Wanna go to one of the observation points and do some stargazing, Max, just ordinary stargazing with no telescopes.

Sounds good, it'll keep us away from home and give us time to relax.

Looking back Max would realize that going stargazing that night was one of the best things that could have ever happened to him and Serena. Informing Colosso of where they were going they set out with a picnic basket and a blanket to lay back on. They just lay back and lazily identify constellations until their True Sight kicks in, though what they were seeing wasn't ghosts but the electromagnetic spectrum. Very few supers even realized that True Sight could do that. Their eyes widen when two beings, one looking like a silver alicorn while the other was a Hellcat in shape and looked like he was made of fire.

The beings slam into two thirds of the Thunderman Triplets, giving them just enough time to see that they were being pursued. Serena meets the silver alicorn like being in her mindscape, learning her name was Silvaris. Serena comes out of it to find she now had a silver like outfit on, with gray stripes, a silver visor, and two gray like antennae type things. Her gloves were gray and so were her boots, the name comes to her easily enough Silver Hope.

She looks over to see Max has also come out of the meet and greet, his uniform was orange, the gloves and boots were red, his visor was orange, the antennae red, " I feel like my name is now Neko Storm now, the one that I'm fused with is Fire Storm. "

" Mine is Silvaris, now, we need to deal with their pursuer. " Silver Hope and Neko Storm both dodge immediately, having sensed the attack, leaping up and landing on the EM Wave Roads.

" Looks like our Thundersense kicked in early. " Neko Storm quips and they blitz out of the way.

That was when purple bursts of light hit their attacker and a person wearing blue to their silver and orange switches into the visible spectrum, his visor happened to be red, " Omega-Xis, is that you? " Silvaris asks.

" I'm MegaMan now, Silvaris. "

" Silver Hope. "

" You know me as Fire Storm but, currently I'm Neko Storm. "

" Got it, now, let's deal with this situation you two have found yourselves in. " MegaMan says.

" Sounds like fun. " Neko Storm says.

" Hell yeah, besides, imagine how much more we can get done now that we can traverse the EM Wave Roads, bro. "

Neko Storm smirks, " Good point, sis. "

All three separate and attack from three different directions, " Oh, I came here with my girlfriend, the Sailor Destiny here called her in to help out. "

Silver Hope blinks, " Which one of my senshi is she? "

" Oh, you're, huh, I found you before she did. Stratus. " MegaMan says.

Silver Hope's brown eyes widen in shock, " Well damn, the Princess of the Digital World. Huh, didn't expect that. Destiny's calling in the big guns to keep me safe, huh? "

The pursuer breaks off and retreats, " Who was after you two anyhow? " MegaMan asks.

" Draco Maxima. "

They drop to the ground and the Wave Change ends for Serena and Max, they hold to consciousness though long enough for the newly introduced Geo Stelar to give them Trancers, Serena's as Geo explained it, was ran by the Pegasus Satellite in his home dimension and Max's by the Leo Satellite. Their wave partners disappear into them and Geo quickly explains how they function before the Thunderman siblings pass out. Geo sighs, how was he going to get them home anyhow?

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, Thundermans, or MegaMan Star Force.